native crocodiles lurking in the shallows

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by cd86 » Thu Sep 19, 2013 6:34 am

Many daring vacationers who participate in guided boat tours on the Tarcoles River encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses are peeking out from the surface of the murky water.

a.encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses are peeking out

b.encountered native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses peek out

c.had encountered native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses peek out

d.encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, with eyes and noses peeking out

e.encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, with eyes and noses that are peeking out

I picked A only because I thought "comma+whose" works just as "comma+which" does ..so just like how comma+which modifies the most eligible noun and not necessarily the one right before the comma..i thought,in this case too comma+whose can modify either corcodiles or shallows..am i wrong? experts please clarify. thanks.

OA is D

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by vinay1983 » Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:57 am

cd86 wrote:Many daring vacationers who participate in guided boat tours on the Tarcoles River encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses are peeking out from the surface of the murky water.

a.encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses are peeking out

b.encountered native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses peek out

c.had encountered native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses peek out

d.encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, with eyes and noses peeking out

e.encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, with eyes and noses that are peeking out

I picked A only because I thought "comma+whose" works just as "comma+which" does ..so just like how comma+which modifies the most eligible noun and not necessarily the one right before the comma..i thought,in this case too comma+whose can modify either crocodiles or shallows..am i wrong? experts please clarify. thanks.

OA is D

Hey some issue with OA depiction, never mind. One can observe splits here

" encounter" and "encountered"
"whose" and "with"
"peek out" and "peeking out"

Encounter is correct usage, since we are not referring to past here (encountered). They encounter crocodiles is a fact.

Your idea of whose is correct, whose has to refer to a closer noun, here it modifies shallows, not correct.
Peeking out is not correct usage(be careful of verb ing modifiers)

So considering all the above D is the correct option.

Hope it helps!

You can, for example never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to!

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by theCodeToGMAT » Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:57 am

[A] Incorrect; Meaning issue-> "Eyes and noses" are not a deliberately peeking out.. they are part of "lurking" action.
Incorrect; "participate" doesn't go with "encounter+ed"
[C] Incorrect; No need for Prefect Tense
[D] Correct
[E] Incorrect; "that" is not required

Regarding ",whose", i am not sure of such rule. But the problem I find in [A] is the use of "are".

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by cd86 » Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:29 pm

true , in Option A , the "are' usage renders in incorrect. But i want to clarify the "whose" , does it ALWAYS have to modify the noun closest to it or does it modify the eligible noun?

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by theCodeToGMAT » Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:51 pm

cd86 wrote:true , in Option A , the "are' usage renders in incorrect. But i want to clarify the "whose" , does it ALWAYS have to modify the noun closest to it or does it modify the eligible noun?

The pronoun "whose" may or may not by leaded by ",".

If "whose" is used without comma then it acts as a restrictive clause. For example:
I have an antique table whose top has jade inlay. --> meaning i own a antique table with a jade inlay

If "whose" is used with comma then it acts as a non-restrictive clause. For example:
I have an antique table, whose top has jade inlay. --> meaning i own a antique table

It modifies the nearest closest noun..

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